Middle East & North Africa

Emirates SkyCargo said it successfully navigated the complex landscape of the global logistics and supply chain industry in 2021 by focusing on its signature strengths.
Aerospace

Turkey is looking to revive historic relationships with neighbouring Azerbaijan through the potential sale of trainer aircraft.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates has said it progressed in its recovery path in 2021, rebuilding its passenger network to 128 cities by December including a new route to Miami launched in July.
Aerospace

The Azerbaijani Defence Ministry has announced that its country’s air force has conducted live-fire training flights with its Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a recent military exercise.
Maintenance & Training

EgyptAir Training Academy (ETA) has renewed its approval of training Sudanese pilots, cabin crew, engineers and dispatchers at ETA premises.
Maintenance & Training

A wholly-owned Airbus subsidiary, Airbus Atlantic, a global player in the aerostructures field, was officially established on 1st January 2022.
Aerospace

Saudi Arabian and US air forces spent December undergoing bilateral exercises to test ‘combat readiness’, according to the Royal Saudi Air Force
Maintenance & Training

Following the delivery of the last of its new F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft to the Royal Saudi Air Force on December 14 2020, as part of a $29bn foreign military sales (FMS) agreement signed in 2010, Boeing has now been awarded a $93.39 million ‘bilateral requirements contract modification’ for the Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA OEM training programme, the US DoD announced on 8 December.
Maintenance & Training

Turkish and Indian manufactured trainer aircraft are in contention the latest Malaysian contract .for a light fighter and advanced trainer contract
Maintenance & Training

By Alan Peaford
The final Newsround on the year focuses on the future with CFM chief executive Gael Méheust giving his outlook for the airline world in 2022.
Aerospace

By Jay Menon
As France enjoys its largest defence deal with the sale of Dassault Aviation Rafale fighter jets to the UAE, TATV defence editor, Jon Lake analyses the impact of the deal on both countries and the effect on the competitor manufacturers, in our last TATV Defence Monthly of 2021.
Defense

By Vincent Chappard
The Viking CL-415 has played a vital role in combatting recent north African wildfires. We look at why it continues to perform so well and at a new, possible, successor aircraft.
Defense

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi today announced its outstanding operational results for 2021.
Aerospace

Emirates Group Security (EGS) has signed an agreement with the University of Arizona (UA) located in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Maintenance & Training

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) and Saudi Aramco’s King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) have signed a preliminary MoU for a strategic cooperation.
Aerospace

OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, has confirmed its successful deployment of 36 satellites by Arianespace from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Space

Oman Air recently participated in ICAO’s Regional Security Culture Webinar under the theme ‘Year of Security Culture.’
Aerospace

AMAC Aerospace Switzerland has acquired Gamit, a UK company supplying professional and technical support to local and international MRO, airlines, private and corporate aircraft owners.
MRO

Boeing has ordered 19 767 Freighters from UPS highlighting the 767 Freighter's operational efficiency and payload capability to serve its global customers.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways and Henan Province Airport Group aim to establish a strategic partnership to strengthen aviation ties between the UAE and China.
Air Transport

SAL Saudi Logistics Services has launched the extension of its new Jeddah Station.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

IATA has clarified that the aircraft cabin remains a very low risk environment for contracting COVID-19.
Air Transport

Etihad Airways and ADQ have proposed a transaction that will support the ongoing transformation of the airline and the future growth of the civil aviation sector in Abu Dhabi.
Air Transport

Airbus said today that it will be defending its position against a claim by Qatar Airways filed in the English courts.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Alan Dron
The latest group of future Saudi Arabian air traffic controllers to train with New Zealand’s Airways International was the first to include Saudi women learning ATC skills abroad. Alan Dron reports.
Maintenance & Training